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How Did Scientists Succumb to Aunt Edna? The Dangers of a Superintelligent AI is Fiction
Speaking of the existential threat of AI is science fiction, and bad science fiction for that matter because it is not based …
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Third Workshop on Search and Social Media (SSM 2010)
Report on Third Workshop on Search and Social Media (SSM 2010).
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School Pupils' Attitudes to Programming: 'What's That?'
Very short article about school pupils' lack of knowledge about programming.
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Why Do Software Developers Tolerate 'Crunch Time'?
Given the well known increased risk of burnout for an extended "Crunch Time," why do developers put up with it?
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Lessons Learned, or Not
Many of the techniques for better programming have been there for a long time.
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Are There Too Many IT Jobs or Too Many IT Workers?
The latest US Bureau of Labor Statistics report is out, and it says that computing is booming! So why are there so many IT workers complaining about being laid...
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Showcasing European Computer Science
Retrospective on the 2009 European Computer Science Summit and the launch of ACM Europe
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Tweets, Second Life, Visualisation: Student Ingenuity Will Never Cease
Some thoughts on using Second Life as a platform for first year CS teaching. Also raises the issue of setting appropriate challenge for brightest students.
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The DARPA Network Challenge and the Design of Social Participation Systems
What have we learned from the DARPA Network Challenge and the design of social participation systems? The principal concern for designers of social participation...
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The Ghosts of Holiday Shopping: Past, Present and Future
In many parts of the western world, the frenzy of holiday shopping has reached its crescendo. With apologies to Charles Dickens, it is instructive to consider...
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Inside an Effective Computer Science Classroom
A discussion of Guy Claxton's "What's the Point of School" book and how it relates to CS.
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Progress on the New AP CS
Progress on the new Advanced Placement exam in Computer Science is progressing, but it's still early to see how it's going to end up and whether it will achieve...
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The Rise of the External Brain
From an entirely unexpected source, we begin to realize the dream of an external brain that supplements our knowledge, wisdom, and memories.
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Twelve Tips For Department Heads from an NSF Perspective
Nuts and bolts advice for faculty and department heads on interacting with the National Science Foundation.
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Better GPS Software Through User Feedback
I appreciate my GPS software can tell me where I am, but it should get better at predicting where I will go.
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Celebrating Computer Science Education Week
CSEdWeek is a joint effort led by ACM with the cooperation and deep involvement of the Computer Science Teachers Association, the Computing Research Association...
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The End of Freedom on Internet?
Recent news on media reveals a tendency in several countries: Internet censorship and more.
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